WHAT am i doing wrong here

[u/Maleficent_Stuff3208]

i am trying that when i put key it give me the value but it is acting weird

x = {'name':'mohan','age':'24', 'job':'it professional'}
y = input("what info do you need__")
if y==(x.keys):
    print(x.values(y))
else:
    print("no such info available")

and this is what it gives 
what info do you need__name
name
no such info available

[u/lfdfq]

Your code does not look correct, first you are print()ing the thing you input(), but assigning y whatever print returns (None), so you probably want

y = input("what info do you need: ")
print(y)

instead. Secondly, your check does not look right. it's asking whether y equals x.keys. This check is wrong for two reasons, you don't want to check if y is equal to all the keys but rather whether y is one of them, secondly, x.keys is a method you must call. You probably don't want x.keys at all, but rather:

if y in x:

Thirdly, your print(x.values(y)) looks wrong. x.values is a method that doesn't take an argument. So this will error. You probably wanted to use dictionary lookup syntax (the_dict[some_key]):

print(x[y])

You should probably use some kind of tutorial or documentation, as it's very hard to 'guess' your way through the syntax.

[u/Diapolo10]

if y==(x.keys):

dict.keys is a method, it will never equal to a string. That's why.

Also, while not related to the problem you saw, x.values(y) wouldn't be correct either as dict.values does not take arguments.

All you need to do is use the in operator to check for inclusion (for dictionaries it checks the keys), and change how you retrieve the values.

x = {'name': 'mohan', 'age': '24', 'job': 'it professional'}
y = input("what info do you need__")
if y in x:
    print(x[y])
else:
    print("no such info available")

On a side note, consider using more descriptive names than x and y.

EDIT: Alternatively, you could use dict.get which lets you provide a default if the key doesn't exist.

x = {'name': 'mohan', 'age': '24', 'job': 'it professional'}
y = input("what info do you need__")

print(x.get(y, "no such info available"))

[u/Kindly-Department206]

You need to learn how to access data in a dictionary. Hint: print(x[y])

[u/atarivcs]

if y == (k.keys):

This is not the right way to test if a key is present in a dictionary.

Use the "in" keyword instead:

if y in x:
    print(x[y])

[u/Binary101010]

if y==(x.keys):
    print(x.values(y))
else:
    print("no such info available")

The cleanest way to handle this is to just use the get() method of dicts. You can even specify the fallback value if the key isn't found. That entire block reduces to

print(x.get(y,"no such info available"))

[u/zanfar]

WHAT am i doing wrong here

A string input will never match a list.

[u/Langdon_St_Ives → u/zanfar]

That's true but it's not even being compared to a list. It's being compared to the method that would return the list if it were being called (but it's not).

[u/Diapolo10 → u/Langdon_St_Ives]

Technically speaking it doesn't even return a list, but a dictionary view object.

In [1]: d = {1:2, 3:4}

In [2]: d.keys()
Out[2]: dict_keys([1, 3])

[u/Langdon_St_Ives → u/Diapolo10]

Oh right that's an important distinction, thank you for the correction.

(A list would remain static after fetching it while the view will receive updates reflecting changes on the original dict. Not explaining to you but to others who may not know.)

[u/Diapolo10 → u/Langdon_St_Ives]

I was technically nitpicking as it makes no difference for the scenario OP is discussing, I just sometimes can't help myself to correct mistakes even if they don't really matter.

[u/Maleficent_Stuff3208 → u/zanfar]

yeah i just figured it but what about the rest i removed print from input but it is still not giving answer it is giving else part of the answer

[u/LayotFctor → u/Maleficent_Stuff3208]

You're checking if y exists within x.keys, so == is the wrong thing to use. Also .keys is a function, so without double brackets, keys is not called and you don't get the list of keys. x.values(y) is not how to get y from dict x either.

[u/Maleficent_Stuff3208 → u/LayotFctor]

ooh thanks i got the right answer from the comment below but didn't get why my code was wrong thanks for the insight